Woman smuggled drugs in bra

A WOMAN hid drugs in her bra so she could smuggle them into prison for her inmate boyfriend.

Demi Perry planned to pass buprenorphine – a painkiller also known as Subutex – to childhood sweetheart Carl Minto, who is serving four-and-a-half years for robbery and wounding, Durham Crown Court heard.

But bosses at Durham Prison were waiting for her after intercepting phone calls between the two.

When they searched Perry they found two tablets wrapped in clingfilm concealed in her bra.

Perry claimed she didn’t know what the tablets were, and said it was the first time she had tried to smuggle anything in.

Prosecutor Paul Lee said the phone calls showed support for Perry’s claim she had been put under pressure by Minto.

“In one of the calls he says she would bring the drugs if she loved him,” added Mr Lee.